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TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 385,181, dated .Tune26, 1888. Application filed November Q9,1887. Serial No. 256,440. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, MAURICE HUNTLY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an ImprovedCombination-Truck, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and effective formof truck for moving heavy loadssnch as large boxes, heavy machinery,&c.--the truck being intended not so much for street use as for movingheavy articles in factories, warehouses, stores, and de- In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view ofmy improved truckseen red to and carrying a box. Fig. 2 is a view showing the truckadapted for supporting a platform. Fig. 3 is a view showing the mode ofconnecting the parts of the truck when no load has to be carried. Fig. 4is aperspective view of the parts of the truck detached from each other.Fig. 5 is a view showing a special adaptation of the truck, and Fig. 6is a diagram 4illustrating one ofthe features of my invention.

Trucks for transporting heavy machinery and heavy boxes of goods havebeen made in the form of four-wheeled platforms, or boxes or machineryhave been moved from place to place by means of rollers, levers, andlike appliances.

One of the main features of my invention is the formation of a truck insections, so that the article to be transported to such a position thatthe truck can be readily applied thereto.

ln referring to Figs. 1 and et, A is the rear portion of the truck,having an axle, D, and two wheels, d, having wide flanges, as shown inFig. 4, the frame-work of this portion of the truck being preferablymade of round iron or steel. On the frame A is adapted to slide alifter, C, having a foot with anumber of sharp projections or claws, c,said l'oot projecting beyond the face of the frame A, as shown in Fig.l. Thelifter C has a threaded bolt, e, to which is adapted a nut, e',having its bearing on a cross-bar, a, of the frame A, throughwhich thebolt e passes, so that. by turning the nut e A has suitable cross stays,c', and rear braces,

a2, for the purpose of strengthening said frame at the points required;and at the end of the frame is an eye, c', which is adapted to iit overa pin, g, on the front portion, B, ofthe truck, as shown in Fig. 3, whenit is desired to move the truck from one place to another without load.

The front portion, B, of the truck is in the form ofa crow-bar or lever,the short arm of which has a pike, b', and the long arm a suitablehandle, which in the present instance is in the form of a crossbar, b2,the lever being mounted on a suitable axle, F, provided with two flangedwheels, ff.

The lever B is provided with two pins, g g, the former serving toconnect the portion A ofthe trncl; to the lever, Vas described above,and also as a pivotal connection between the lever and a platform, whenthe latter is used, as show-n in Fig. 2.

E is the third member of the truck, which is preferably in the form of askeleton frame, as shown in Fig. 4, said frame comprising an uprightportion, h, having a bracket, h', with eye j, adapted to the pin gonthelever B. At the bottom of the frame E is a foot, i, with sharp pinsor claws fi", of the same character as the claws c of the lifter C.

To move a large and heavy box I proceed as follows: The box being on theiloor, the iirst operation necessary is to block it up, in order to getthe claws of the truck under the edges of the box. The pike b of thelever B is therefore thrust into `the side of the box sufficiently toobtain a firm hold, and by depressing the long arm of the lever the boXis lifted, as shown in Fig. 6, and suitable blocks, x, placed under eachcorner of the box, the opposite side being then raised and blocked up inlike manner, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6. The nut e' on the bolte is then unp suitably adjusted and secured the frame'E is applied tothe opposite end of the box, the claws fi passing under the same. Thepin g of IOO the lever B is then inserted in the eyej ofthe frame E, andthe handle of the lever is depressed, thus raising the frame, 'forcingthe points 'i into the bottom of the boX and lifting the box clear ofits supporting-blocks.

The parts A B and E now form practically a four-wheeled truck, withpivoted front wheels, and the box can be moved to any point or positiondesired, and when it reaches its destination it can be readily loweredonto the floor by a reversal of the above-described operations. Whenreturning for another load, the frame A and lever B can becoupled-together, as shown in Fig. 3, and the frame E can be placed uponthe frame A.

When the truck is not required for heavy or cumbersome loads, it may betransformed the frame A with a pin, k, on the under side of the platformG, the two being secured by a suitable key or wedge, la'. On the underside of the front portion of the platform G is a plate, m, having anopening, through which passes the pivot-piu g of the lever B of thetruck.

Where it is necessary to move metal tanks or machinery having metalbases, I use a platform, M, of wood, as shown in Figa', the claws c andz' engaging with this platform, and the two frames A and E being tiedtogether by means of a rope or chain, n, connected at one end to theframe and passing at the opposite end around the shaft D and up to adrum, N, on. the frame A, the drum being provided with a spindle havingasquared end for receiving a handle, and also with a ratchet, with whicha pawl on the frame engages. By turning the drum N, therefore, the ropeor chain may be tightened and the two portions A and E of the truckfirmly retained in their proper relative positions.

- 'I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, in a truck,ofa wheeledsupport consisting of a frame-work having a portion adapted to passunder the object to be carried and another portion adapted to pressagainst one end of the object, with a le ver mounted on wheels and witha frame adapted to be supported by said lever, and having a portionadapted to bear against the other end of the object to be carried, and aportion passing under said object, so that on raising the lever theobject is supported by the two end frames, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a truck,of the frame A and wheels therefor, withclaws C passing under the object to be carried, with a frame, E, at theopposite end, having claws i, with a carryingtruck for this frame E,substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame A, with the frame E and its carryngtruckB, and a roller, C, sliding on the frame A, and having claws whichengage with the object to be carried, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the frame A, Acarrying-wheels therefor, with aframe, C, adapted to slide on said frame E, and provided at one end witha threaded bolt,whieh passes through a portion of the frame A, and a nutby which the frame C is hung upon the frame A, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of the frame, the rear carrying-frame, A, havingwheels and having an eye, c', with the front truck, B, having' wheels,and a pin over which the eye of the rear truck passes when the two areconnected, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the wheeled rear frame, A, having an eye, c', witha wheeled front truck, B, having apivot-pin,withaplatform, G, having aportion adapted to pass over the said pivot-pin, and a pin adapted topass through the eye c in the rear truck, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of the front truck, the wheels, the shaft, acrow-bar, b, forming the handle for said truck, and apivot-pin thereon,with a pike, b', substantially as described.

8. The combination of the rear truck, A, mounted on wheels, having aportion adapted to pass under they object to be carried, with a fronttruck, and a frame, E, thereon, having a portion adapted to pass undcrthe object to be carried, with a cord or chain passing from the frontframe, E, to a windlass on the frame A, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Mansion HUNTLY.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, HARRY. SMITH.

